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Hoio to Mahe a Horse Lie Down. 



Ey this process of throwing a horse, you can in a 

 short time teach a horse to lie down. Throw him, 

 handle him all over, then take off the straps and 

 straighten out his legs ; rub him lightly about the 

 face and neck with your hand the way the hair lies ; 

 handle all his legs, and after he has lain ten or fifteen 

 minutes, let him up again. After resting him a short 

 time, make him lie dowm as before. Repeat this oper- 

 ation three or four times, which will be sufficient for 

 one lesson. Give him two lessons a day, and when 

 you have given him four lessons, he will lie down by 

 taking hold of one foot. As soon as he is well broken 

 to lie down in this way, tap him on the opposite leg 

 with a stick when you take hold of his foot, and in a 

 few days he will lie down from the mere motion of 

 the stick. 



To Acoustom, a Horse to a Drum. 



Place it near him on the ground, and without forc- 

 ing him, induce him to smell it again and again until 

 he is thoroughly accustomed to it. Then lift it up, 

 and slowly place it on the side of his neck, where lie 

 can see it, and tap it gently with a stick or your 

 finger. If he starts, pause and let him carefully ex- 

 amine it. Then recommence, gradually moving it 

 backward until it rests upon his withers, by degrees 

 playing louder and louder, pausing always when he 



